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"You are old, Father William," the young man said
CEm
"And your hair has become very white
EmG
And yet you incessantly stand on your head
CEm
Do you think, at your age, it is right?"
D
"In my youth," Father William replied to his son
CG
"I feared it might injure the brain
D
But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none
CD
Why, I do it again and again
D
"I am old
I am old
I will tell you again
I am old"
AmEmG
"You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before
CEm
And have grown most uncommonly fat
EmG
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door
CEm
Pray, what is the reason of that?"
D
"In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his gray locks
CG
"I kept all my limbs very supple
D
By the use of this ointment, one shilling a box
CD
Allow me to sell you a couple?
D
"I am old
I am old
It's a statement, in fact
I am old"
AmEmG
"You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak
CEm
For anything tougher than suet
EmG
Yet you finish the goose, with the bones and the beak
CEm
Pray, how did you manage to do it?"
D
"In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law
CG
And argued each case with my wife
D
And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw
CD
Has lasted the rest of my life
D
"I am old
I am old
There's not much more to say
I am old"
AmEmG
"You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose
CEm
That your eye was as steady as ever
EmG
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose
CEm
What made you so awfully clever?"
D
"I have answered three questions, and that is enough"
CG
Said his father, "don't give yourself airs!
D
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
CD
Be off or I'll kick you downstairs
D
"Downstairs
Downstairs
Be off or I'll kick you downstairs!"
AmEm